diff --git a/src/components/AgentChip.jsx b/src/components/AgentChip.jsx
index c1de47a..4c35ca0 100644
--- a/src/components/AgentChip.jsx
+++ b/src/components/AgentChip.jsx
@@ -1,35 +1,31 @@
-import { AGENTS, initialsOf } from '../api/agents.js'
+import { AGENTS } from '../api/agents.js'
 import './AgentChip.css'
 
 /**
- * ROLE ICONS — one per AI employee, true to what it does.
+ * TWO SYMBOLS, ONE CONTRAST: a sparkle for the machines, a person for the
+ * people.
  *
- * People are shown by their initials; the machines are shown by a symbol. That
- * contrast is the point: an operator can tell a human step from an autonomous
- * one at a glance, before reading a name, and the symbol says which machine —
- * the one that CHECKS a lead, the one that TALKS to the customer, the one that
- * recommends COVER, the one that verifies IDENTITY, the one that prepares a
- * REFERRAL. Monoline at disc size, so they stay legible on every hue.
+ * The sparkle is the settled 2026 signal for AI — the mark Claude, Gemini and
+ * Copilot all use — so an agent's disc reads as "made by AI" without a legend,
+ * in the agent's own colour. A person's disc carries a plain head-and-shoulders
+ * glyph, so a human step reads as human at the same glance. The contrast is the
+ * whole message: which of these did the machine do, and which did a person.
+ * Who exactly is said by the name beside the disc and by the colour.
  */
-const ICONS = {
-  // a magnifier — Intake checks the lead is real and scores it
-  inspect: <><circle cx="6.6" cy="6.6" r="3.4" /><path d="M9.2 9.2 12 12" strokeLinecap="round" /></>,
-  // a speech bubble — Engage talks to the customer
-  chat: <path d="M2.6 3.4h10.8v6.4H7l-2.8 2.2v-2.2H2.6z" strokeLinejoin="round" />,
-  // a shield — the Advisor recommends the cover that protects them
-  shield: <path d="M8 2.2 12.6 4v3.4c0 2.8-2 4.7-4.6 6.1C5.4 12.1 3.4 10.2 3.4 7.4V4z" strokeLinejoin="round" />,
-  // an ID badge — KYC verifies identity
-  id: <><rect x="2.6" y="3.4" width="10.8" height="9.2" rx="1.4" /><circle cx="6.2" cy="7" r="1.5" /><path d="M9.2 6.4h2.6M9.2 8.6h2.6M4.2 10.4h5" strokeLinecap="round" /></>,
-  // balance scales — the Referral prepares a file for a human to weigh
-  scales: <path d="M8 2.4v10.4M4 12.8h8M3 5.2h10M3 5.2 1.6 8.4h2.8zM13 5.2 11.6 8.4h2.8zM8 3.2 4 5.2M8 3.2l4 2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />,
+function SparkleGlyph() {
+  return (
+    <svg className="who__glyph" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true">
+      <path d="M8 .8c.25 2.4.9 3.9 1.9 4.9 1 1 2.5 1.65 4.9 1.9v.8c-2.4.25-3.9.9-4.9 1.9-1 1-1.65 2.5-1.9 4.9h-.8c-.25-2.4-.9-3.9-1.9-4.9-1-1-2.5-1.65-4.9-1.9v-.8c2.4-.25 3.9-.9 4.9-1.9 1-1 1.65-2.5 1.9-4.9z" />
+    </svg>
+  )
 }
 
-function AgentGlyph({ name }) {
-  const g = ICONS[name]
-  if (!g) return null
+function PersonGlyph() {
   return (
-    <svg className="who__glyph" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.35" aria-hidden="true">
-      {g}
+    <svg className="who__glyph who__glyph--person" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none"
+         stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5" aria-hidden="true">
+      <circle cx="8" cy="5.6" r="2.7" />
+      <path d="M2.9 13.8a5.1 5.1 0 0 1 10.2 0" strokeLinecap="round" />
     </svg>
   )
 }
@@ -48,7 +44,6 @@ function AgentGlyph({ name }) {
 export default function AgentChip({ agentKey, name, size = 'sm', showName = true, onOpen }) {
   const a = agentKey ? AGENTS[agentKey] : null
   const label = a ? a.short : (name || 'System')
-  const initials = a ? a.initials : initialsOf(name)
   const tone = a ? a.tone : 'grey'
 
   const body = (
@@ -63,14 +58,8 @@ export default function AgentChip({ agentKey, name, size = 'sm', showName = true
           Only agents get it. A trail where a human's disc also carried one
           would say nothing at all. */}
       <span className={`who__disc who__disc--${tone}`} aria-hidden="true">
-        {/* A machine wears its role icon; a person wears their initials. */}
-        {a && a.icon ? <AgentGlyph name={a.icon} /> : initials}
-        {a ? (
-          <svg className="who__ai" viewBox="0 0 12 12" aria-hidden="true">
-            <path d="M6 .9 7.2 4.3 10.6 5.5 7.2 6.7 6 10.1 4.8 6.7 1.4 5.5 4.8 4.3Z" />
-            <path d="M10 8.2 10.5 9.6 11.9 10.1 10.5 10.6 10 12 9.5 10.6 8.1 10.1 9.5 9.6Z" />
-          </svg>
-        ) : null}
+        {/* A machine wears the sparkle; a person wears the person. */}
+        {a ? <SparkleGlyph /> : <PersonGlyph />}
       </span>
       {showName ? <span className="who__name">{label}</span> : null}
       {a ? <span className="who__sr"> (AI)</span> : null}